Henry Knox

2405 documents

Reimbursement
12/24/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
General government approved of Virginia's calling up of militia to protect frontiers. Virginia will be reimbursed.
Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters
Regulating the Military Establishment
03/07/1791 Letter Signed
Letter, directs recruits for Continental army service.
Thomas C. Bright Autograph Collection
Regrets Resignation of Brigadier General Josiah Harmar
07/07/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Expresses regret at resignation of Brigadier General Harmar, as he esteems him as a good officer.
Alfred T. Goodman Papers
Regarding wounded soldier
12/31/1791 Autograph Letter
Letter, discusses wounded soldier.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Regarding memorial from officers relative to pay; Harmar's court of inquiry; confidential letters and preparations for campaign
06/16/1791 Typed Document
Knox will present memorial from officers regarding pay to Congress as soon as they are in session. President Washington has not yet arrived from his southern tour. Harmar's application for a court of …
Printed Versions
Regarding a Vessel
10/12/1791 Letter
Knox inquires after a vessel, possibly bound to South America.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Recruiting
03/31/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Knox ordered Mr. Ernest to recruiting service.
James Robertson Papers
Recommendation of Surgeon's Mate
07/21/1791 Copy of Signed Document
Knox recommended Doctor Grasson for position of surgeon's mate in a decent battalion.
Archive Reports 1891
Recommendation for Surgeon's Mate
07/21/1791 Copy of Signed Document
Knox noted letter to Butler recommending Grasson as surgeon's mate for battalions with vacancies. In event of no vacancies, Knox requested St. Clair employ Grasson on medical line.
Archive Reports 1891
Received Ordnance, Quartermaster, and Clothing Return
07/07/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Ordnance, Quartermasters, and clothing returns received. Once Major Clarke's battalion is complete with recruits, Knox expects muster rolls.
James Robertson Papers
Receipt of Your Letter of September 5th
09/22/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox acknowledges receipt of Hodgdon's letter of September 5th.
Printed Versions
Receipt of Your Letter
09/22/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox acknowledges receipt of Butler's letter of the 5th of September.
Printed Versions
Rear Guard at Reading
07/12/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
The troops that have designated the rear guard for the expedition are at Reading on their march to Fort Pitt. The bells will be forwarded along with anything else that may be required for the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Rations at New York
08/22/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Rendezvous at Middletown, orders to furnish men rations at New York.
Captain John Pratt Collection
Raising 76 Rhode Island troops to add to the new regiment for the Army
03/07/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Knox informs Governor Fenner that the President has signed an act adding another regiment to the Army to provide further protection for the frontier. Seventy-six soldiers are to be raised from Rhode …
RI Hist Soc Mss
Quarters for Recruits
11/17/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Housing for recruits secured in Pittsburgh as time to travel to Ohio river would put them at their destination around Christmas. Money advanced, but Knox stated that all future dispensations would not …
James Robertson Papers
Purchase Supplies
04/01/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Orders to purchase items on enclosed list at lowest price possible.
General Collection
Public Thanks to General Wilkinson
09/29/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox sends St. Clair an excerpt from the letter from the President to General Wilkinson in which Wilkinson is thanked for his leadership in the expedition against the Indians at l'Anguille.
Printed Versions
Provisions for Running the Boundary Line
09/08/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Spear and McLeod are ordered to provide Joseph Ellicot and his assistants the necessary provisions for establishing the boundary line between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians.
Printed Versions
Provisions for Companies
11/24/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Capt Mitt's and Capt. Cass's companies will not leave to defend Ohio river this season, Knox orders quarters, fuel, supplies, and pay to be allocated while the two companies stay over in Pittsburgh.
James Robertson Papers
Provisions and Conduct
07/07/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Enclosed letter and contract for provisions. Purchase of pack-horses at Fort Pitt advisable with consent of Commander-in-Chief and Maj. Gen. Butler. General advice on purchase of provisions and …
General Collection
Protection of Virginia's Frontier Settlers
01/15/1791 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
Although Knox agrees that the western frontier of Virginia should be defended at the expense of the United States, he does not approve of the methods for providing that defense set forth by Virginia …
Printed Versions
Protection of the Frontier
05/12/1791 Copy of Signed Document
Greene sent to towns in Maryland and Virginia to muster and inspect troops; carries money to cover expenses related to raising troops and payment of contractors. Troops to be dispatched for …
Archive Reports 1891
Protection of Northwest Territory
12/29/1791 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
The Lieutenant of Washington County, Pennsylvania is authorized by Knox to muster men for the protection of the Northwestern Territory.
Henry Knox Papers
Protection of Frontiers
11/16/1791 Author's Letterbook Copy, in hand of author
Federal government to pay for militia to protect frontier counties.
Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters